Another fully-serialized, complex, densely plotted adult drama on a broadcast net! My heart sings with songs of joy and hope!

But we all know what will happen, don't we? Bacon's star power and a big promotional push by FOX will lead to a nice, big opening. FOX executives will rejoice and trumpet their triumph. And then, what will happen? The audience will be frustrated by the "slow pace". Those without DVR's (who are these people?) will miss an episode and decide they have to drop out. Genre fans will nitpick the plot and character shortcomings (most due to the demands of making a weekly television show) and proclaim, loudly, that they just can't put up with it and smugly declare they have "deleted their season pass". This will start happening by week 3.

Finally, by week 6, the casual fans who can't understand why each week's episode isn't wrapped up in a nice, tidy bow with the dastardly killers gettin' their just desserts, will have drifted away leaving the hard core genre fans behind, some of which are just itching to "delete their season pass" because they just can't take the storyline's shortcomings any longer. Finally, ad revenue dropping as the Nielsen numbers steadily decline, the Network decides to pull the plug. The few remaining fans beg for a reprieve - maybe they'll send food-colored, bloody handkerchiefs to the network brass (or whatever the protagonist's personal peccadillo is).

Sorry, but I've seen this whole thing before. Each time I hope it will be different. Each time it's not.

Nevertheless, I applaud FOX for taking the shot. I will be there and I WILL NOT BAIL, no matter how many times the writers forget how a particular gun needs to be held or how long it takes to drive across the city. Go Kev! My hope is he at least has a fraction the television success as his wife (who had the intrinsic benefit of starring in a formulaic procedural on a cablenet). That would be, at the very least, a second season. I won't be holding my breath.

Another fully-serialized, complex, densely plotted adult drama on a broadcast net! My heart sings with songs of joy and hope!
But we all know what will happen, don't we? Bacon's star power and a big promotional push by FOX will lead to a nice, big opening. FOX executives will rejoice and trumpet their triumph. And then, what will happen? The audience will be frustrated by the "slow pace". Those without DVR's (who are these people?) will miss an episode and decide they have to drop out. Genre fans will nitpick the plot and character shortcomings (most due to the demands of making a weekly television show) and proclaim, loudly, that they just can't put up with it and smugly declare they have "deleted their season pass". This will start happening by week 3.
Finally, by week 6, the casual fans who can't understand why each week's episode isn't wrapped up in a nice, tidy bow with the dastardly killers gettin' their just desserts, will have drifted away leaving the hard core genre fans behind, some of which are just itching to "delete their season pass" because they just can't take the storyline's shortcomings any longer. Finally, ad revenue dropping as the Nielsen numbers steadily decline, the Network decides to pull the plug. The few remaining fans beg for a reprieve - maybe they'll send food-colored, bloody handkerchiefs to the network brass (or whatever the protagonist's personal peccadillo is).
Sorry, but I've seen this whole thing before. Each time I hope it will be different. Each time it's not.
Nevertheless, I applaud FOX for taking the shot. I will be there and I WILL NOT BAIL, no matter how many times the writers forget how a particular gun needs to be held or how long it takes to drive across the city. Go Kev! My hope is he at least has a fraction the television success as his wife (who had the intrinsic benefit of starring in a formulaic procedural on a cablenet). That would be, at the very least, a second season. I won't be holding my breath.

Another fully-serialized, complex, densely plotted adult drama on a broadcast net! My heart sings with songs of joy and hope!

But we all know what will happen, don't we? Bacon's star power and a big promotional push by FOX will lead to a nice, big opening. FOX executives will rejoice and trumpet their triumph. And then, what will happen? The audience will be frustrated by the "slow pace". Those without DVR's (who are these people?) will miss an episode and decide they have to drop out. Genre fans will nitpick the plot and character shortcomings (most due to the demands of making a weekly television show) and proclaim, loudly, that they just can't put up with it and smugly declare they have "deleted their season pass". This will start happening by week 3.

Finally, by week 6, the casual fans who can't understand why each week's episode isn't wrapped up in a nice, tidy bow with the dastardly killers gettin' their just desserts, will have drifted away leaving the hard core genre fans behind, some of which are just itching to "delete their season pass" because they just can't take the storyline's shortcomings any longer. Finally, ad revenue dropping as the Nielsen numbers steadily decline, the Network decides to pull the plug. The few remaining fans beg for a reprieve - maybe they'll send food-colored, bloody handkerchiefs to the network brass (or whatever the protagonist's personal peccadillo is).

Sorry, but I've seen this whole thing before. Each time I hope it will be different. Each time it's not.

Nevertheless, I applaud FOX for taking the shot. I will be there and I WILL NOT BAIL, no matter how many times the writers forget how a particular gun needs to be held or how long it takes to drive across the city. Go Kev! My hope is he at least has a fraction the television success as his wife (who had the intrinsic benefit of starring in a formulaic procedural on a cablenet). That would be, at the very least, a second season. I won't be holding my breath.

Amen brother. This is how I feel about every new interesting serialized show before it airs. So happy it's getting a shot, but knowing the dangers you mentioned.

Amen brother. This is how I feel about every new interesting serialized show before it airs. So happy it's getting a shot, but knowing the dangers you mentioned.

I have agree with everyone ,one must put angst on the table 1st , I really now just start recording these new dramas 1st & wait to see if they are gonna fly before I watch any of them . I musta deleted 3 or 4 show groups of files on this latest crop of drama of this fall's season already. I really hate investing time watching the new shows then to see them cancelled & I analyze for myself if I think it's gonna be a dud & this fall i'm @ 100% duds on show I figure would be, So I just deleted them , saving me my time .
Now this show I'm all in & I am gonna watch from the get go . I hope it's a winner

Another fully-serialized, complex, densely plotted adult drama on a broadcast net! My heart sings with songs of joy and hope!
But we all know what will happen, don't we? Bacon's star power and a big promotional push by FOX will lead to a nice, big opening. FOX executives will rejoice and trumpet their triumph. And then, what will happen? The audience will be frustrated by the "slow pace". Those without DVR's (who are these people?) will miss an episode and decide they have to drop out. Genre fans will nitpick the plot and character shortcomings (most due to the demands of making a weekly television show) and proclaim, loudly, that they just can't put up with it and smugly declare they have "deleted their season pass". This will start happening by week 3.
Finally, by week 6, the casual fans who can't understand why each week's episode isn't wrapped up in a nice, tidy bow with the dastardly killers gettin' their just desserts, will have drifted away leaving the hard core genre fans behind, some of which are just itching to "delete their season pass" because they just can't take the storyline's shortcomings any longer. Finally, ad revenue dropping as the Nielsen numbers steadily decline, the Network decides to pull the plug. The few remaining fans beg for a reprieve - maybe they'll send food-colored, bloody handkerchiefs to the network brass (or whatever the protagonist's personal peccadillo is).
Sorry, but I've seen this whole thing before. Each time I hope it will be different. Each time it's not.
Nevertheless, I applaud FOX for taking the shot. I will be there and I WILL NOT BAIL, no matter how many times the writers forget how a particular gun needs to be held or how long it takes to drive across the city. Go Kev! My hope is he at least has a fraction the television success as his wife (who had the intrinsic benefit of starring in a formulaic procedural on a cablenet). That would be, at the very least, a second season. I won't be holding my breath.

Kind of like Lucy pulling the football away at the last second and Charlie Brown falls on his butt. But he always believes next time, she won't do it.

Kind of like Lucy pulling the football away at the last second and Charlie Brown falls on his butt. But he always believes next time, she won't do it.

Actually, he always believes THIS TIME she won't do it - then claims he won't fall for it NEXT TIME.

When it comes to embracing TV shows that are doomed to fail, I am indeed Charlie Brown. I always swear I won't invest in a serialized show until I know it's going to stick, then end up watching it anyway. I've landed flat on my back with a lot of footballs...

Actually, he always believes THIS TIME she won't do it - then claims he won't fall for it NEXT TIME.
When it comes to embracing TV shows that are doomed to fail, I am indeed Charlie Brown. I always swear I won't invest in a serialized show until I know it's going to stick, then end up watching it anyway. I've landed flat on my back with a lot of footballs...

Word. I feel ya'. But we've seen a lot of pretty good television that a lot of others missed as well, right? I'd have hated to have missed a single hour of Firefly, Kidnapped, Karen Sisco, Jericho, Rubicon, and a whole bunch of other damn fine TV shows that for various reasons never caught on with a big audience and paid the price with a quick yank to stage-left. In most cases it was worth it.

Word. I feel ya'. But we've seen a lot of pretty good television that a lot of others missed as well, right? I'd have hated to have missed a single hour of Firefly, Kidnapped, Karen Sisco, Jericho, Rubicon, and a whole bunch of other damn fine TV shows that for various reasons never caught on with a big audience and paid the price with a quick yank to stage-left. In most cases it was worth it.

This show looks to be a direct copy of "Manhunter", a Michael Mann Film with Billy Peterson.

I don't think anyone can say it's direct copy, given the amount of profiling serial killer shows that have aired since the book came out. Especially since Manhunter was based on the book and the film was then remade to be more like the book and continue the Silence of the Lambs franchise.

I've been a fan of James Purefoy's since he showed up for a scene-stealing five minutes in "A Knight's Tale" oh-so long ago. I'm hoping this propels him from hey-it's-that-guy UK TV stardom to a much bigger US following. So to speak.

This show looks to be a direct copy of "Manhunter", a Michael Mann Film with Billy Peterson. Ck it out....Crank up the ending scene.... Should be good, Kevin Bacon is in it...

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Originally Posted by VisionOn

I don't think anyone can say it's direct copy, given the amount of profiling serial killer shows that have aired since the book came out. Especially since Manhunter was based on the book and the film was then remade to be more like the book and continue the Silence of the Lambs franchise.

Actually, NBC's Hannibal is the show that looks to be a direct copy of Manhunter...the characters even have the same names!